According to ntldstats.com, the number of new gTLD's domain registrations grew by 1.1 million domains, in just the last 5 days.
In terms of percentage of increase, the 1.1 million increase in new gTLD domain names, is close to a 9% increase in just 5 days.
On February 13th, there were a total of 12,675,000 new gTLD domain names registered.
Today on February 18th, ntldstats.com shows the … [Read more...]

The two letter domain name BY.com has just been added to the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction as part of the Namescon conference.
The domain name already has gotten a bid of $500,000 on Namejet.com in pre-bidding.
No only is BY.com become the 4th two letter .com in the auction, but it joins AT.com as the second two letter domain that is a word.
I had a chance to chat with the owner … [Read more...]

The domain name Census.com which was in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction at Namescon in January 2015, just sold to a Mark Monitor client as the whois information changed yesterday.
The domain name Census.com was one of my favorite picks from that auction.
The domain name had a auction reserve of between $100,001 - $250,000
It will be interesting to see who wound up buying this … [Read more...]

Rick Schwartz added to his most amazing year, selling four more domain names this week for just over $1.325 million dollars.
Rick, who is known as the Domain King, keeps showing why he owns that title.
Included in this week's sales is 6565.com which set another record for a 4 number .Com domain name.
Rick sold 9595.com for $180,000 in July, which at the time set a record for the highest … [Read more...]

CentralNic Group PLC has over 2.0 million domains registered using its platform representing 21% of all new gTLD domain names.
Of the 2+ million new gTLD registered through CentralNic 1,552,903 are .XYZ domain names. The only other extension using CentralNic that has 100,000+ is .website, although .online is quickly approaching with just about 95,000 domain names.
CentralNic passed … [Read more...]

RightoftheDot.com is holding a live and online auction with Namejet.com from the Namescon conference.
RightoftheDot.com has now formally opened up submission for the auction.
We are looking for great domain names, especially one word .com and new gTLD'sm along with short domains in all extensions, along with brand domains, category killers, Geographic domains.
Domains should have a low … [Read more...]

It Looks like Sony Is planning on A Sequel to the 2011 hit Bad Teacher that starred Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.
According to Wikipedia.org, Bad Teacher had a box office of over $216 Million
Yesterday Sony registered several domain names that seem to indicate a sequel is in the works at brand protection company … [Read more...]